The 2014-15 winter sports season officially gets under way with this week for McDermitt and Lowry high schools.
Former Lowry High School football players Will Thacker and Jace Billingsley were named to the Frontier Conference first team last week.
Sand Dune Diggers remained on top in the Winnemucca Pool League standings with a 15-2 victory over Hole in the Wall in week eight action. Sand Dune Diggers is 6-2 and has earned 96 out of a possible 136 points.
LAS VEGAS - (AP) Last season's 27-22 loss to UNLV didn't sit well with Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo.
MCDERMITT - It looked like your typical season-opener as the McDermitt High School girls basketball team hit the floor for the first time on Wednesday night at home against Crane, Ore.
The Lowry High School varsity girls basketball team will now play its final two games of the High Sierra Classic at Reno High School on Saturday. The games were originally set for Spanish Springs High School.
MCDERMITT - Despite playing shorthanded with just one regular starter on the floor, the McDermitt High School boys basketball team battled with Crane, Ore., in its season opener on Wednesday night.
RENO - Nine Nevada football players were named to the 2014 All-Mountain West teams that were announced by the conference.
Mark Andrews likes to stay in shape and take care of his body.
When the juices of competition run through the veins of people, it is hard to give up the passion they love.
The Lowry High School wrestling team extended the second-longest dual winning streak in state history to 98 with five wins this past Saturday at Churchill County High School in Fallon.
Sand Dune Diggers remained on top in the Winnemucca Pool League standings, despite a 9-8 loss to 8 Balls Ninjaz in week nine action. Sand Dune Diggers is 6-3 and has earned 104 out of a possible 153 points.
RENO - The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) Board of Control was informed this morning that Eddie Bonine, Executive Director for the last eight years, has been offered and has chosen to take the Executive Director position with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA).
News broke Monday morning that NIAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine will leave his post in Nevada for the same position in Louisiana.
TONY ERQUIAGA • The Humboldt Sun The Lowry High School JV boys basketball team opened its season this past weekend in Lovelock at the Pershing County Tournament. The Buckaroos opened the tourney with a 33-32 loss to Yerington in a contest that featured two 20-minute running halves. Lowry makes its home debut on Friday, Dec. 19, against South Tahoe. Above, Lowry's Brady Lange goes up for a shot over the outstretched arm of a Yerington defender.